Trip to Alaska!

Okay, so we really didn't go to Alaska but a few months ago i bought a groupon for $89 dollars to the Alaskan Inn up Ogden Canyon. Garretts parents had been there before and love it! We left on Friday afternoon and checked into our cabin! Our cabin was called the Kenai cabin and had a moose theme. It was amazing! it has a nice big jetted tub and lots of movies to choose from. It also has a walkway behind the cabins with the river right next to it. After we checked in we went to the TImbermine Steakhouse. I found a coupon online for $10 dollars of a $40 purchase. I got prime rib and Garrett got a HUGE steak! It was such a fun, romantic atmosphere. After we ate we wnt back to our cabin and RELAXED! The next day we drove through the canyon and up to Morgan, just for something to do. It was so nice to get away for a night and spend some time with Gar! We will definately be going there again!

CONGRATS VANESSA!

I know i said i wasn't going to be posting too much but my sweet sister in law was well worth the time! Garretts sister Vanessa graduated from Grantsville High yesterday. We are so proud of her and all of her accomplishments. We are sure going to miss her when she moves to Cedar City to go to SUU. We Love you NESS!!!

Last Priority!

I usually post at least once a week but i realized i havn't posted for a while. I have been SUPER busy with school! This full time school thing is kickin my butt! I can definately say i would rather be going to school full time than working full time but i probably won't be blogging as much as usual anymore :( i have had three tests, four quizzes and read 12 chapters so far this week! Next week won't be much better either because i have five quizzes and four papers due! I am LOVING my classes though. I am taking child abuse/neglect, family finance, resource management and human sexuality. Two of my classes are 8 week courses so i will be done with those at the end of June and then with only two classes hopefully i will have a little break until fall semester. So anyways, i am sorry to say that blogging will be my last priority for a while! I hope you all have a wonderful summer!

Camping/ New Projects

We went camping this last weekend for the first time in our new trailor! It was AMAZING! Usually six of us are staying in a little 19 foot trailor (Garretts mom and dads) and i am crammed in with Garretts sister and Garrett is sleeping on the floor. Last year we stayed in a tent because we were so sick of being crammed. We went to the Swasey Mountains up past Delta. We went four wheeling and for walks, but mostly we just relaxed. There were some really cool mines that we explored. We took our dog and he LOVED it. On Sunday we went to this trilobyte quarry. It said it was open and we couldn't see anyone so we went in and found some trilobytes on rocks. They were pretty cool and we took a few with us. When we were leaving we saw a sign that said the trilobyte quarry was closed on sunday but it costs 28 dollars a person for an hour! WHOOPS! Tyson looked up on the internet how much they were worth and we took at least 100 dollars worth or trilobytes home! We were feeling a little bit bad. We left before the rain came on Sunday so it worked out perfect. It was nice to have some time to relax before i started school back full time. (today) We loved having our trailor. The thing i loved the most was being able to shower every night! There is nothing better than a nice shower when you are camping. Unfortunately we did not take any pics of our camping trip.

Speaking of Sunday HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO OUR SWEET MAMAS! They do so much for us and they are the best. I will never be able to tell them thank you enough for all they do for us! We love them so much and i hope one day i can be awesome moms like them!

I have made some new crafts in the last couple weeks and i thought i would post pics.

I made these for our moms for mothers day except i made them on tiles instead of wood.

Flip This House

Garrett and I LOVE the show Flip This House. We love it because we know exactly what they do and what they go through with remodeling the houses. We remodeled our house last year and it was so much more work than we anticipated. It really paid off though. The house wasn't absolutely terrible or anything but there were a lot of hidden things that weren't done right. We got all new windows, sheetrocked and mudded the whole house, built a walk in closet, framed, painted, ran new electical, put new flooring and light fixtures in, put new trim allover and there is probably a lot more that i am missing. ONE DAY our dream is to buy old houses and remodel them. We would probably rent them out rather than sell them but either way it is an awesome investment! I am so lucky to have such a talented husband who can do almost anything himself. We have NEVER had to call anyone to fix anything, including vehicles when something goes wrong. ONE DAY WE WILL DO THIS!

Homemade Strawberry Jam!

My sweet mother in law helped me make homemade strawberry jam for the first time today! It was lots of fun and a lot easier than i thought. (especially with her helping me) Strawberries were on sale at Walmart on Saturday for a dollar a pound so we figured they probably wouldn't get any cheaper than that! I bought four pounds of strawberries and was able to make 12 containers, which will last us over a year! (plus i will probably give some away) I am thankful for Garretts mom and that she was so willing to help me!